The Tweeting Pothole - Sends Tweets From Pothole When Cars Run Over
Came across the Tweeting Pothole - a brilliant idea put into reality by the clever folks at P4 Ogilvy and Mather. There are too many potholes on the roads of Panama City. These potholes were neglected for years and eventually became the joke among the residents. How do you get the attention of the authorities?
The solution comes from tweeting pothole. A tiny device that sits inside the pothole and whenever a car runs over it, it sends a tweet to the official government twitter accounts, with a request that the pothole to be fixed at earliest.
I was thinking this could be a very innovative engineering project. Easy to deploy! Setup a pressure sensor that will activate the tweeting mechanism. I'll leave it to the students to figure out the inner circuitry.
Other similar ideas:
1. Capture a photo and send a tweet when someone breaks traffic signal.
2. Capture a photo and send a tweet when someone spits at a public place.
3. Send a tweet when someone leaves the dog crap unattended.
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The solution comes from tweeting pothole. A tiny device that sits inside the pothole and whenever a car runs over it, it sends a tweet to the official government twitter accounts, with a request that the pothole to be fixed at earliest.
I was thinking this could be a very innovative engineering project. Easy to deploy! Setup a pressure sensor that will activate the tweeting mechanism. I'll leave it to the students to figure out the inner circuitry.
Other similar ideas:
1. Capture a photo and send a tweet when someone breaks traffic signal.
2. Capture a photo and send a tweet when someone spits at a public place.
3. Send a tweet when someone leaves the dog crap unattended.
Add more?
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